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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 1:04 AM EDT for Clermont County, Ohio; Bracken County, Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2012, 1:04 AM EDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 1:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bracken County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Clermont County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:04 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Falmouth, KY | TREES DOWNED ON ROUTE 159 NEAR KINCAID LAKE STATE PARK. |
| Sep 8, 1:16 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Brooksville, KY | ONE LARGE TREE LIMB DOWNED ON SALEM RIDGE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
704
WFUS51 KILN 080504
TORILN
KYC023-191-OHC025-080530-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0031.120908T0504Z-120908T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
104 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* AT 102 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
PENDLETON...NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN AND SOUTHERN CLERMONT COUNTIES...
INCLUDING PEACH GROVE...MOUNT AUBURN...LENOXBURG...FOSTER...
NEVILLE...WILLOW GROVE...BERLIN...JOHNSVILLE...BRADFORD...CHILO...
WOOLCUTT AND UTOPIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 8445 3881 8440 3884 8432 3886 8421
3883 8405 3869 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 269DEG 26KT 3878 8433
$$2 follow-up statements
486
WWUS51 KILN 080509
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
109 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
KYC023-191-OHC025-080530-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120908T0530Z/
PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-CLERMONT OH-
109 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CLERMONT...NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN AND NORTHERN PENDLETON COUNTIES...
AT 107 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MOUNT AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PENDLETON...
NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN AND SOUTHERN CLERMONT COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LENOXBURG...FOSTER...NEVILLE...WILLOW GROVE...BERLIN...JOHNSVILLE...
BRADFORD...CHILO...WOOLCUTT...ROCK SPRINGS AND UTOPIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 8445 3881 8440 3884 8432 3886 8421
3883 8405 3869 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 269DEG 26KT 3878 8425
$$459
WWUS51 KILN 080520
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
120 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
KYC023-191-OHC025-080529-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120908T0530Z/
PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-CLERMONT OH-
120 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLERMONT...NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN
AND NORTHERN PENDLETON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM WHOSE CIRCULATION HAD WARRANTED A TORNADO WARNING
HAS HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM
EDT. GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH WILL STILL BE LIKELY
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
LAT...LON 3869 8445 3881 8440 3884 8432 3886 8421
3883 8405 3869 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 269DEG 26KT 3878 8416
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Shelby | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Preble | 57 min |
| Sep 7, 11:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 114 min |
| Sep 7, 11:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton and 3 more | 68 min |
| Sep 8, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Warren | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Greene, Madison, Union | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison, Union | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 1:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway, Pike and 1 more | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 2:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike, Scioto | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 2:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Licking | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 2:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pike, Scioto | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 2:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 12:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Pendleton | 20 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.